L | Setting | Set to | Reason |
---|---|---|---|
a5 | Store points by orientation | Focus point | Keeps focus point where it was last used in landscape vs. portrait format |
a6 | Af activation | Off | For back button AF |
a8 | Limit AF-area mode selection | Wide-area AF S, L; 3D-tracking; Auto-area Af | Essentially don't use any of the others |
a9 | Focus mode restrictions | Continuous AF | Never use anything else, means that the AF selector does not respond to back wheel turns |
a10 | Focus point wrap-around | On | Allows moving the focus sensor from one side to the other when going beyond the edge |
a11 | Focus point display | All on | Like to see what's going on |
a12 | Built-in AF-assist illuminator | Off | Is annoying and doesn't help much |
a13 | Focus peaking | On/2/R | Helps very much with manual focussing |
L | Setting | Wildlife | Birds | People | Outdoor sports | Indoor sports | Night |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Custom settings bank | B | B | A | C | C | D | |
a8 | Limit AF-area mode selection | - | - | - | + Wide-area AF C1/2 | + Wide-area AF C1/2 | - |
L | Setting | Set to | Reason |
---|---|---|---|
b1 | ISO sensitivity step value | 1 | Don't need finer control -> faster |
b3 | Easy exposure compensation | RESET | Allows to change exposure comp fast, but resets after shutoff |
b4 | Matrix metering face detection | Off | Might put too much emphasis on faces and thereby sacrificing overall exposure |
L | Setting | Set to | Reason |
---|---|---|---|
c3 | Power off delay | 10s/1m/10s/30s |
L | Setting | Wildlife | Birds | People | Outdoor sports | Indoor sports | Night |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
c3 | Power off delay | 10s/1m/10s/5m | 10s/1m/10s/5m | - | - | - | 10s/1m/10s/5m |
L | Setting | Set to | Reason |
---|---|---|---|
d1 | Continuous shooting speed | 10/5 | Good compromise between speed and wasting memory |
d4 | Pre-release capture options | Pre: 0.5 s / Post: 1 s | Allows saving images before release for unexpected action (e.g.bird taking off) |
d6 | Extended shutter speeds | On | Allows up to 900s in Manual |
d7 | Limit selectable image area | FX, DX | Essentially don't use the others |
d18 | Custom monitor shooting display | Display 1/3/4 | Don't need the settings overview or the intermediately informative screen |
d19 | Custom viewfinder shooting display | Display 1/3 | Don't need the intermediately informative or the empty viewfinder |
d20 | High fps viewfinder display | On | Sets display refresh rate to 120 Hz, makes fast movements easier to see |
L | Setting | Wildlife | Birds | People | Outdoor sports | Indoor sports | Night |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Custom settings bank | B | B | A | C | C | D | |
d1 | Continuous shooting speed | 20/5 | 20/5 | - | 20/5 | 20/5 | - |
d4 | Pre-release Capture options | Pre-release burst 0.5 or 1s, optional | Pre-release burst 0.5 or 1s, optional | - | Pre-release burst 0.5 or 1s, optional | Pre-release burst 0.5 or 1s, optional | - |
d6 | 0.5 sec | ||||||
d10 | View mode (photo LV) | Adjust for ease of viewing | |||||
d11 | Starlight view (photo LV) | ON | |||||
d21 | High fps viewfinder | OFF |
No differences from default
L | Setting | Set to | Reason |
---|---|---|---|
f1 | Customize i menu | ||
f2 | Custom controls (shooting) | See Custom controls | |
f3 | Custom controls (playback) | See Custom controls | |
f4 | Control lock | Aperture + Focus point | Can be activated individually by using the front wheel or the multiselector right button, respectivelhy. Avoids changing aperture or focus point accidentally |